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In his announcement video, first obtained by The Washington Post, Bregman rides across the New Mexico mesa on horseback in a black cowboy hat charging that the state is under attack by “Elon Musk, his puppet Donald Trump and Republicans in Washington” at a time when Democrats in Washington have been “weak, ineffective and complicit with all this madness.”

The Bernalillo County District Attorney will announce his 2026 campaign for governor on Thursday in Las Vegas, N.M., setting up a primary election showdown against fellow Democrat Deb Haaland. His campaign also released an official campaign launch video featuring Bregman riding a horse and decrying the toxic national political environment, including the "radical left" that he accused of dividing Democrats.

Bernalillo County District Attorney Sam Bregman has been rallying lawmakers to pass sweeping juvenile justice reform since October. “The most significant thing we can do on crime in the Legislature this year is truly amend the Children’s Code to deal with the unbelievable spike in juvenile crime that we’re seeing out there,” Bregman said.

With a new legislative session days away, we know there’s a growing pressure for our state lawmakers to do something about the issues the state is facing. For example, teen crime and human trafficking. So, KOB 4 sat down with Bernalillo County District Attorney Sam Bregman to check in on his big ideas for state lawmakers.

Bregman also hopes to get some serious work done with lawmakers during the legislative session starting later this month. "I want to see us change the human trafficking law up in Santa Fe this upcoming session," Bregman said. "That's extremely important."